Fitting architrave

[R D S]

Is it better to tack architrave to the door/window casing or drill and plug the sorrounding wall?

Cheers,

Rick

[Tom]

When i fitted a new door opening i tried tacking the architrave at first but i didn't think it was secure enough, i found a combination of tacks and grab adhesive to be best solution. But the walls were brand new and flush..... hope this helps.

Tom

[Vortex]

Grab adhesive and "Quick Clamps"

[Staffbull]

Gripfill :-) once its gone off you'd have to pull chunks of the wall off if you wanted to remove them !!

[Andy]

Mirror plates are good fixings but you'll have to polyfilla over the bit that goes into the wall.

Andy.

[Phil L]

tack it to the casing - it's there for decorative purposes only and doesn't need to be solid...fixing it to the casing minimises gaps when the timber dries / shrinks / both - if it's fixed to the wall, expect gaps

[Roger Mills]

Tack it to the door frame. If it's narrow, it will only *just* overlap the brick/plaster - so there's no scope for fixing to that.

[Stuart Noble]

Most architrave is 2-3" wide. Gripfil gives you time to line up the mitres properly. I can't see that any other fixing is required

[Roger Mills]

3" is bl**dy wide for architrave - my skirting boards are only 3"!

Most of the acrchitraves in my house are a bit under 1 1/4" so, when fitted to a 1" wide frame 1/4" back from the inner edge, there is about 3/4" on the frame and 1/2" extending over the frame/plaster joint. There's no problem lining up the mitres - just fit the verticals before cutting the mitres on the horizontal bit at the top.

[sm_jamieson]

I've seen a home gym apparatus that clamps onto the architrave and is designed to hold an adult's weight. Let alone how much you will weigh with all those extra stones of muscle they promise ! Simon.

[Roger Mills]

If it clamps right through the doorway onto the architrave both sides it should be ok.

If it only clamps to *one* piece of architrave I wouldn't fancy it -

*however* the architrave is attacked to the frame!

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[Staffbull]

my architrave is 3" taurus to mate with the 6" taurus skirtings.